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| Budget preamps less than 3 bills......winner is? Dynaco PAS-3(x) | |
| Your favorite recent discovery Sparklehorse"Dreamt For Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain"?Thank you Terrence R. for the tip. | |
| ZeroDust still the best? Find a camel hair brush and clean the stylus and cantilever after an ME treatment.Nothing works better.I sent a cartridge back to the manufacturer recently for a tune up/inspection and was told they've never seen a cleaner "used" stylus.ZeroDust RIP | |
| Which is the top dog in "subs"? KRELL....DUHROTFLMAODinosaur company and products | |
| Japanese Vinyl? The Japanese Yes pressings are not better than their US counterparts.The original US pressings mastered by George Piros, especially "The Yes Album" and "Fragile", smoke the Jap versions.Sadly, both the UK and US releases of "Close to the Edge" pal... | |
| Pass vs Simaudio If you haven't heard the new Ayre gear, your comments are irrelevant. | |
| Attention Vandersteen 5A owners/ amp matches >>Nothing can touch em for under 48,000<<That's simply incorrect and disingenuous.They are outstanding speakers but there are dozens of speakers that "can touch" them. And one not need spend $48K to do it.You need to get out more. | |
| Pass vs Simaudio Wouldn't be a bad idea to add Ayre as well. | |
| Benz Micro M2 loading "The better the cart. the lower the loading."Pure audio genius. | |
| Motley Crue New Studio Album, Opinions? It's my opinion that it will be on Billboard's top 100,000 albums for the month of June. | |
| To stack or not to stack - limited space for amps Why don't you try it first?I've not had any problems stacking class d equipment of the same and different brands. | |
| tt surface noise reduce or tolerate? Clean records and correct tonearm/cartridge alignment are the keys.Unless the vinyl has been damaged by improper alignment (irreversible), most records can be cleaned to at least tolerable noise levels. I own 50 year old records that are dead blac... | |
| Transfiguration Orpheus, what step-up Depending on the phono stage and speakers, I find the optimal loading for Orpheus to be 50-150 ohms.However, I know somebody loading at 47K and thinks it sounds great.Go figure.YMMVTransfiguration retailer disclaimer | |
| Good Copper IC's for 2.5M RCA pre to amp? Any decent preamp will drive a pair of 2M or 3M unbalanced cables easily and without loss of detail.The post stating the contrary is simply incorrect. | |
| The Best $10,000.00 Table + Cartridge JMO, I never used the word "expert". That's your characterization.My opinion is based on ownership of over 100 turntables over the past 50 years. Undoubtedly there are participants here with more vinyl experience than me.But not many.And certainly... |